National Trust of Australia (NSW)

Suburbia

A Conference
25 February 2002

Preliminary Conference Programme

 

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8.30 Registration and coffee

9.00 Introduction and Welcome

Elsa Atkin

Chair for the Morning Session - Phillip Jenkyn

9.05 Official Opening and Keynote Address

The Hon. Andrew Refshauge,
Minister for Planning
9.25 Breakfast Point

Rosecorp
9.35 To be confirmed

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
9.45 Surburbia on steroids Mahalath Halperin

10.15 Urban Consolidation: Sound Policy or Fad Tony Recsei

10.45

Morning Tea

11.10 The Healthy Suburb

Noni Boyd
11.40

From Cobra Grubs to Dragons:
Australia's most culturally diverse suburbs

Tanja Dreher & Paul Graham
12.10 Discussion and Questions

12.30

Lunch

Chair for the Afternoon Session - Jacqui Goddard

1.15 Home improvement:
suburban works in progress

Joanna Besley
1.45 Builders and Barbecues Meredith Walker

2.15 Streetscape in Suburbia:
a case study in Canterbury
Ian Latham
2.45 The Australian Dream:
Houses as Sites of Memory
Sue Webber & Trevor Creighton

3.15

Afternoon Tea

3.40

Urban Space in Suburbs: Pacific Hwy and Sydney's Upper North Shore


Nancy Cushing
4.10 Plotting Eden: Suburban Community Gardens in the 21st Century

Richard Griffiths
4.40 On the Council

Sheila Owens & John Hughes
5.10 Discussion and Questions

5.30 Close


7.00


Dinner Cruise on HMAV Bounty

COST


Suburban Tours (4)


$15 per half day
Conference* incl. teas and lunch

$160 including GST* (Monday)

Conference Dinner Harbour Cruise on the Bounty

$115 plus drinks (Monday)

'The Lot' complete conference cost

$300 full cost plus drinks at dinner
$280 with discount plus drinks at dinner
 

*Discount of 10%
for attendance at the Conference for Members of the National Trust, Students and Seniors. Please note that no discount is available for the conference dinner.